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Your winter maint. plans..?

Inspected, repacked/greased steering head bearings and of course retorqued.

Easier than I thought it would be :)
 
Not really maint.. but... at least now someone can get their bike into their garage to do theirs
'Buddy and his wife recently bought/moved into a new place nearby... On a nice chunk of land with an awesome 20'x40. shop...
'He's looking forward to having a nice big shop to do whatever wrenching he might want to do on his bikes...
Trouble is... No friggin' door big enough to ride/push a bike through...!! Lol.

So.... Wuddya do..?

Call Hack and put a friggin' door in....

8"' barn door(s) just about done

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Hack said:
Not really maint.. but... at least now someone can get their bike into their garage to do theirs
'Buddy and his wife recently bought/moved into a new place nearby... On a nice chunk of land with an awesome 20'x40. shop...
'He's looking forward to having a nice big shop to do whatever wrenching he might want to do on his bikes...
Trouble is... No friggin' door big enough to ride/push a bike through...!! Lol.

So.... Wuddya do..?

Call Hack and put a friggin' door in....

8"' barn door(s) just about done

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800 sq ft shop and the largest door was a man-door? wth? Who would build such a thing? Grow-op barn in a previous life?
 
Hack said:
Not really maint.. but... at least now someone can get their bike into their garage to do theirs
'Buddy and his wife recently bought/moved into a new place nearby... On a nice chunk of land with an awesome 20'x40. shop...
'He's looking forward to having a nice big shop to do whatever wrenching he might want to do on his bikes...
Trouble is... No friggin' door big enough to ride/push a bike through...!! Lol.

So.... Wuddya do..?

Call Hack and put a friggin' door in....

8"' barn door(s) just about done

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These are a great deal. The 9' wide are uncommon, HD often puts them on sale for $250. I installed them on a friend's drive shed, after framing the opening the install took about 2 hrs.
 
GreyGhost said:
800 sq ft shop and the largest door was a man-door? wth? Who would build such a thing? Grow-op barn in a previous life?
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Yeah... 'Seemes like a waste, but... Who knows?
The previous owner may not have needed a large door. The opening was there, but it had been framed over/closed from the inside.
From the outside it "looked" like there was a 8' garage door, but it was just the door panel fixed in place.
 
GreyGhost said:
800 sq ft shop and the largest door was a man-door? wth? Who would build such a thing? Grow-op barn in a previous life?
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A friends grandfather use to build and modify airplanes & engines in the barn next to the house. Has multiple entrances and ramps for moving things around. ?‍♂️
 
Brian P said:
I figured I ought to check the valve clearances on the R3 race bike that I rode last year ... engine has never had the valve cover off because I'm quite sure the previous owner never touched it either, wouldn't have had to (low mileage).

And then ... I found three scored cam followers.

Which meant ... engine out and cylinder head off and apart to inspect valve springs, which checked out OK. There's no apparent reason for why those cam followers should be scored. (I tend to suspect that someone didn't get debris fully cleaned out of the cylinder head before assembly when the bike was built.) There was also no evidence of anything wrong from how the bike was running.

Like heck am I putting it back together like that. Waiting for parts. Yamaha dealer said parts were expected 1st January ... I rather doubt that!
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So I got the three new cam followers a few weeks ago, but what idiot me forgot to do, was put a head gasket on order when I picked them up. That has now been rectified :) and I picked up a new head gasket today and started putting the engine back together. And ... One of the new cam followers tightened up the valve clearance enough to put it out of spec, so now, I need ONE 2.2mm (i.e. "220") thickness 7.48mm dia valve clearance shim.

Even if I don't scare one up tomorrow, that shouldn't stop me from putting the engine back in the bike over the weekend and test-running it. The valve in question still has "clearance", it's just 0.02mm below the specification range. I can pull the cam and swap that shim with the engine in the bike - although it's a whole lot easier with the engine on the bench.
 
Brian P said:
So I got the three new cam followers a few weeks ago, but what idiot me forgot to do, was put a head gasket on order when I picked them up. That has now been rectified :) and I picked up a new head gasket today and started putting the engine back together. And ... One of the new cam followers tightened up the valve clearance enough to put it out of spec, so now, I need ONE 2.2mm (i.e. "220") thickness 7.48mm dia valve clearance shim.

Even if I don't scare one up tomorrow, that shouldn't stop me from putting the engine back in the bike over the weekend and test-running it. The valve in question still has "clearance", it's just 0.02mm below the specification range. I can pull the cam and swap that shim with the engine in the bike - although it's a whole lot easier with the engine on the bench.
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Come by my place tomorrow. I have a hotcams shim kit in 7.48mm

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Throttle body sync...
#2, #3 and #4 were all a little out of spec.
Very minor adjustment needed to get 'em all right on the money..

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Hack said:
Throttle body sync...
#2, #3 and #4 were all a little out of spec.
Very minor adjustment needed to get 'em all right on the money..

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You wanna do a FZ6 next?? How much haha. I looked at buying one of those but they are a little expensive for my amount of use.
 
KWDRZ said:
You wanna do a FZ6 next?? How much haha. I looked at buying one of those but they are a little expensive for my amount of use.
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Borrow one. Ask and see who has one near you.
I have an old Motion-Pro one (with mercury in it), or make one with tubing (check YouTube).

You need to make sure you have the right size nipples to thread into the throttle bodies. #1 is non-adjustable. The rest of the banks have adjuster screws. Put it to a higher idle, and adjust.

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matt365 said:
Borrow one. Ask and see who has one near you.
I have an old Motion-Pro one (with mercury in it), or make one with tubing (check YouTube).

You need to make sure you have the right size nipples to thread into the throttle bodies. #1 is non-adjustable. The rest of the banks have adjuster screws. Put it to a higher idle, and adjust.

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I considered that I just don't know anyone who has one. I've read a bunch of the forum about how to do it. I've been wanting to for a while, I have a feeling mine is due for it to be done.
 
KWDRZ said:
I considered that I just don't know anyone who has one. I've read a bunch of the forum about how to do it. I've been wanting to for a while, I have a feeling mine is due for it to be done.
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I'm in Georgetown. Borrow it if you're close.

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Well that don't look so bad!

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oh wait :LOL:

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Remember when carburetors were so big you needed 2 fuel lines to keep it from starving for fuel :LOL:

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